Washtub-supporting leg.



A. T. LUECKENBAGH.

WASHTUB SUPPORTING LEG.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 9, ma.

1,093,060; Patented Apr. 14, 1914.

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ANTON T. LUECKENBACH, 0F NEENAH, WISCONSIN.

WASHTUB-SUPPORTING LEG.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 14, 1214.

Application filed May 9, 1912. Serial No. 696,129.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANTON T. LUECKEN- BAOI-I, a citizen of the United States, residing at Neenah, in the county of Winnebago and State of Visconsin, have invented a new and useful Washtub-Supporting Leg, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a detachable leg formed principally of wood, and is to be temporarily attached in sets of three, to a tub, it being formed of two parts, one of which is reversible in relation to the other part for the purpose of its being made applicable to both wood and sheet metal tubs. It may be noted that the legs are also adapt ed for supporting a pail, box, &c.

The invention is shown in the accompanying drawing, in whieh,-

Figure 1 is an elevation showing the inner side of a leg. Fig. 2 is an elevation showing one edge of a leg. Fig. 3 is a transverse section of the leg upon the line A. B. of Fig. 2. Fig. i is a perspective view of a leg attached to a section of a tub formed of sheet metal. Fig 5 is a plan of a perforated plate which is used on one form of the tub attaching means. Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the upper end of a leg and a modification in the means for attaching the leg to a tub. Fig. 7 is an elevation of the part shown in Fig. 6, turned one quarter around.

Similar numerals indicate like parts in the several views.

1, indicates the lower leg section, which consists of a piece of wood of a length suited to the height above the floor at which it is desired to support the tub, of about one half the thickness of its width, one portion of its upper end being formed of such a curved shape at 2, that when placed under a tub made of wood with the parts arranged as shown in Fig. 2, it will fit closely there under, when its upper section is bolted to it, and when bolted with its opposite fiat side to the upper section, the curved portion 3 of its upper end of less width than the curve 2, will fit closely under the tub formed of sheet metal.

4, indicates the upper section of the leg to be also formed of wood, a cross section of which is shown in Fig. 3. This is out upon a bevel at its lower end where it is bolted to the section 1, with bolts 5, and should eX- tend upward nearly to the top of the tub, its length being such as to receive and hold both, the largest and smallest wash tubs.

is secured near the upper end upon the inner side of the piece a, with screws or otherwise, with its ends bent at a right angle with the inner side of the piece 4, and extend over the parallel portions of the rod permitting their easy sliding along the grooves 6. These right angled ends do not clamp the rods within the grooves, but simply hold them therein. The preferred method of securing the hook tightly clamped over the upper edge of the tub is shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4:, and it comprises a perforated plate 10, shown in plan in Fig. 5, formed of sheet metal of some thickness, about half that of the diameter of the parallel portions 7 of the rod, and is provided with two holes 11, of a diameter slightly greater than that of the rod, spaced apart in correspondence with the opposite grooves 6, bored through the plate, and also, a perforation 12, which is of a slotted form preferably, for receiving a tightening screw bolt 13. This bolt is secured in the upper end of the piece 4, by a pin 14, driven through from one side of the piece 4:, into a hole, in the end of the bolt, but may be held in any other suitable manner. The screw bolt is provided with a thumb nut 15, which as the screw bolt is not between the parallel portions of the rod but at a distance at one side of them, the edges of the plate at the holes 11, grip the parallel portions of the rod and draw them downward when the nut is turned in the proper direction, and thereby clamps the hook tightly over the top of the tub.

on each of the three legs have been secured to the tub in the manner described, the tub can be moved upon its legs as freely and safely a if the legs were integral with the tub.

Another method of attaching the legs to a tub is shown in Figs. 6 and 7 which is by means of a clamping bolt 16, which is insorted through the piece 4, near the parallel portions of the rod and is provided with washers 17 and 18, a part of one extending over each rod portion, and a thumb nut 19. By screwing the nut down tightly upon the washer 17, that and the washer 18, clamp the parallel portions 7 within the grooves and hold them securely, but the hook over the top is not drawn downward as it is when the clamping plate 10 is used.

It may be observed that the prominent features of the invention are, a chine support for both, the wood and sheet metal type of wash tub, and means near the upper end of the leg for clamping a wash tub or similar vessel between a hook and the chine support by means of two parallel port-ions depending from a sliding hook.

Having described my invention, what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. A wash tub'support, consisting of a longitudinally angular leg, a support for the chine of a tub upon the outside of the angle intermediate the ends of the leg, said support having a groove upon opposite side edges of the leg from its upper end downward toward said angle, a rod bent upon itself and forming a hook at said bend adapted to be hooked over the top of a tub and its two depending portions arranged parallel with each other, spaced apart and fitted for sliding along the aforesaid grooves, and means for releasably securing the rod within said grooves with its hook hooked over the top of a tub.

2. A wash tub support, consisting of a longitudinally angular leg, a support for the chine of a tub upon the outside of the angle intermediate the ends of the leg, said support having a groove upon opposite side edges of the leg from its upper end downward toward said angle, a rod bent upon itself and forming a hook at said bend adapted to be hooked over the top' of a tub, and its two depending portions arranged parallel with each other, spaced apart and fitted for sliding along said grooves, a sheet metal holding plate secured upon the leg and inclosing said sliding rod portions, asheet metal clamping plate mounted above the upper end of the leg, a bore having a sliding fit, through the plate at one side thereof for each of said two portions, an aperture through the plate at one side of said two bores, a screw bolt secured in the upper end of said leg and extending upward through said aperture, and a thumb nut on said screw bolt for drawing said clamping plate downward upon the screw bolt.

3. A wash tub leg, consisting of an upper and lower sect-Zion, the upper section being adapted to be detachably secured to the lower section with suitable fastening means at an angle therewith, the upper end of the lower section when connected to the upper section with one of its sides in contact with the upper section being provided with a seat curved to receive a comparatively thick chine and fitted to support a tub of the usual wood wash tub type, and when connected to the upper section with its opposite side in contact, being provided with a seat of less width curved for fitting under the chine of a tub of the usual sheet metal type.

4. A wash tub leg, consisting of two sections, a lower section fitted to and adapted to support a wash tub upon its upper end, an upper section fitted to the lower section at an angle therewith, secured thereto and extending to near the top of the tub, a groove in the opposite side edges of the upper section longitudinally thereof, a rod bent upon itself and forming a hook at said bend adapted to be hooked over the top of a tub, and two depending portions arranged parallel with each other, spaced apart and fitted for sliding along the aforesaid grooves,

and means for releasably securing the rod within said grooves with said hook hooked over the top of a tub.

5. A wash tub leg, consisting of two sections, a lower section fitted to and adapted to support a wash tub upon its upper end, an upper section fitted to and secured detachably to the lower section at an angle therewith and extending to near the top of a tub, a groove in the opposite side edges of the upper sect-ion longitudinally therewith, a rod bent upon itself and forming a hook at said bend adapted to be hooked over the top of a tub, and its two depending portions arranged parallel with each other, spaced apart and fitted for sliding along said grooves,

a sheet metal holding'plate' secured upon the upper section and bent for inclosing said two depending portions, a perforated plate mounted above the upper end of said upper section, a bore having a sliding fit through the plate for each of said two rod portions, an aperture through the plate at one side of said two bores, a screw bolt secured in the upper end of saidupper leg section and extending upward through said aperture, and V t a thumb nut on said bolt for drawing said perforated plate downward upon the screw bolt.

6. A wash tub support, consisting of a longitudinally angular leg having a straight upper portion above its angle and a substantially equal length below the angle having a support inside of the leg above the extreme lower end of said straight upper portion, for the chine of atub, said supporting member being adapted to be secured to said straight upper portion with one or more bolts, with one of its sides at its upper end provided with a seat fitted for supporting the chine of a tub between its highest central point and the aforesaid straight 1,093,060 &

upper portion of the leg, of the usual Wood Wash tub type, and its opposite side fitted for supporting in a like position, the chine of a .tub of the usual sheet metal type having a 10 the top of a tub, and two depending portions arranged parallel with each other, spaced apart and fitted for sliding along said grooves, and means for releasably securing the parallel portions of the rod Within the grooves With said hook hooked over 1.5

the top of a tub.

ANTON T. LUECKENBACH. Witnesses:

E. E. MERCHANT, A. J. MERCHANT.

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